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Kanji for Once
The kanji for “once” is 曽, read sou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
曽
once
Formerly, long ago; a link to the past.
11 strokes On reading ソウ、ソ、ゾウ (sou, so, zou) Kun reading かつ、かつて、すなわち (katsu, katsute, sunawachi)
Dictionary meanings: formerly, once, before, ever, never
Readings used for names on Nazuke: so, zo
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